Fastener



June 29, 1943. A E, BRYCE 2,323,197

FAS TENER Filed Oct. 3, 1942 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 WWW/.3m

A. E. BRYCE June 29, :1943.

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Patented June Z9, 1943 UNITI-:oy .STATES PATENTg orruol.A

FASTENER Allan Edward Bryce, Providence, R. I; Application October 3, 1942, Serial No. 460,649'- (c1. 24-222) t l I t 2 Claims.

My invention relates'to fasteners for use in securing the edges of garments, or pieces of cloth, together, and more especially to the button forming type of fastener disclosed in my United States Letters Patent No. 2,288,990, dated July 17, 1942, over which the instant invention is designed as an improvement.

The principal object of the instant invention is to adapt the fastener of my ,aforesaid patent for use in various Ways and particularly with'a glove fastener element and Without materially increasing the cost of manufacture of the device.

Other and subordinate objects are also comprehended by my invention, all of which, together with theprecise nature of my improvements, will be readily understood when the rsucceeding description and claims are read with reference to the drawings accompanying and forming part of this specification.

In said drawings: Y

Figure 1 is a View in perspective of the members of my improved fastener, in its preferred embodiment, disassembled.

Figure 2 is a view in side elevation, partly in section, of one of the members of one pair applied to a-pieoe of fabric.

Figure 3 is a similar view of the members of the other pair.

Figure 4 is another similar view of the two pairs applied and secured together.

Figure 5 is a plan view of one member.

Figure 6 is a similar view of another member.

Figure 7 is a view in transverse section taken on the line 'l-'I of Figure 6.

Figure 8 is a View in horizontal section taken on the line 8-8 of Figure 7.

Figure 9 is a similar view taken on the line 9 9 of Figure 7.

Figure 10 is a view in plan of another of the fastener members.

Figure l1 is a similar View of said member looking at the opposite side thereof.

Figure 12 is a view in transverse section taken on the line I2-I2 of Figure 10.

Figure 13 is a view in plan of a modified fastener member.

Figure 14 is a similar view of said member looking at the other side thereof.

Figure 15 is a view in transverse section taken on the line I5-I5 of Figure 13.

Figure 16 is a view in perspective of one of the fastener members of another modied embodiment of the invention.

Figure 17 is a view in side elevation showing va pair of fastener members of said other modified embodiment applied to4 a piece of fabric.

VFigure 18 is a similar view showing another fastener member of said modified embodiment applied toa pieceof fabric.

. VFigure 19 is a,` plan view of Ysaid other member applied, and i Figure 20 is a view in horizontal section oftheV memberi shown 'in Figure 19. Y

Referring now: to the-drawings by numerals, and first to Figures 11tov 12 thereof, my improved fastener, in the-preferred embodiment thereof, comprisestwo.` pairs of opposed complemental fastener members, I and 2 designating the members of one pair, and '3 and 4 designating the members of the other pair'. The member I, as in the'case of myaforesaid patent, is of button-like; dome-shaped form withr an axial headed stud '5 extending from the flatV side thereof; and the'memb'er 2 comprises a flat circular shell; having in vone side I'thereof a central keyhole slot j 1 for naccommodatinguthe stud 5, said shell further embodying adjacent' tener member complemental to the member I which forms a male fastener member, and said members I, 2 are designed, as shown in Figure 2, to be opposed to opposite sides of a piece of cloth IIJ, or the like, with the stud 5k piercing the cloth and locked in the member 2 in the manner described.

According to my invention, the other side I I of the member 2 is equipped to provide the female element of a snap fastener, said side being provided with an axial hole I2 therein and said member having suitably fixed therein, as by bentin lugs I3, the ends of the usual type spring I4 including a central loop opposite the hole for snap action engagement with a stud.

The member 3 comprises a shell, similar to that of member 2, but equipped, on one side I5 thereof as a male fastener element by means of an axial headed stud I 6, the other side I6 being equipped as a female fastener element by duplicating therein the keyhole slot and slide of the Y described member 2. The member 4 has the form of a usual male glove fastener element of disk type with an axial headed stud IT. As will be understood, by reference to Figure 3 particularly, the members 3 and 4 are designed to be opposed upon opposite sides of another piece of cloth I8 with the stud I 1 of member 4 extended therethrough and locked in the member 3 in the same manner as described with reference to the stud 5 and the member 2.

In the use of the described embodiment of the invention, as shown in Figure 4, with the pairs of members I, 2 and 3, 4 applied to the cloth I8 and I8 in the manner described, the two pieces of v cloth V'are fastened together by coupling the stud I6 of the member 3 to the side II of the member 2 by means of the stud I6, hole I2, and spring I4. l I

In Figures 13, 14, 15, a member I9 is shown, similar to member 3, but equipped with, in lieu of the spring I2, a slide 20 having a hole 2I therein adapted to be registered under inward movement of the slide with a hole 22 in the member to accommodate the stud I1 of the member 4, ,a suitable Z-type-spring `23 in the member' urgingsaid slide outwardly to lock the 'stud in the hole 22 in a manner which will be understood. 1 Y i In Figures 16 to 20, another modified embodiment has been shown in which a member 24v is provided and which is similar to member 2 in that it is equipped on one side 25 in thesame manner as member 2 as a female fastener element complemental to a member 2I similar to member I. On its other side themember 24 is equipped by a'headed stud 28 as a male fastener element complemental to thefusual female glove fastener'29.-

In the use` ofthe last-described embodiment, the members 21, 24 are designed to be opposed upon opposite sides of a piece of cloth, orfthe like, v30, as shown in Figure 171,' inA the same man ner as described with reference to the members I and 2. The female glove fastener 29`is designed to'be sewed,'as -at 3|, to' another piece of cloth 32', to be fastened in the usual manner lto the stud 28 of the member 24.

'Ihe foregoing will, it is believed, suce to imparta clear understanding of my invention Without further explanation.

Obviously, other modications of the invention than disclosed herein may be resorted to without departing from the inventive concept, and, therefore, the present disclosure is not to be construed as restrictive, right being reserved herein to all modifications falling within the scope of the appended claims.

What Iv claim is:

1. A fastener for attaching two pieces of cloth f together comprising a pair of complemental fasl Y tener members adapted to be opposed upon opposite sides of one piece of cloth and one including a cloth piercing element to which the other is detachably attached, and a second pair of fastener members similar to the first-mentioned pair adapted to be similarly attached upon opposite sides of the second piece of cloth and complemental male and female elements embodied in one member of each pair'for detachably attaching the same Atogether with a snap action.

2. A fastener for attaching two 'pieces of cloth together comprising a pair of complemental fas-- tener members adapted to be opposed upon opposite sides of one piece of cloth andone including a cloth piercing element to which the other is detachably attached, and a second pair of fastener -members similar to the first-mentioned pairadapted to be similarly attached upon opposite sides of the second piece of cloth and complemental male and female` elements embodied in one member of each pair for detachably attaching the same together with a snap action, and including a headed stud on one member of said-pair, the other member having a, stud receiving 'opening and a rstud gripping `spring therein. 

